Sham-bolster frame.



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SHAlVl-BOLSTER FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,134, dated January14, 1902.

Application filed J'uly 9, 1901. Serial No, 67,670. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONTINA GULLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Uvalde, in the county of Uvalde and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Sham-'Bolster Frame, of which the following isa speciiication.

This invention relates to sham bolster frames, and more particularly tothat class that are lengthwise adjustable to admit of their being usedwith beds of any width.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap,durable,light,andthoroughly-effective device for the purpose in which the parts shall beso constructed and assembled as to permit ready lengthwise adjustmentand in which damage to or derangement of the parts in handling will bereduced to a minimum.

A further object is to provide tor a thoroughly-efticient holding orassembling of the parts together.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of the sham-bolster frame, as willbe hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the speciiioation, andin which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts,I haveillustrated a form ot embodiment of my invention capable of carrying myideas into effect, it being understood that the construction andarrangement of parts therein shown may be modified or changed withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of the bolster-frame,the sections being shown as extended. Fig. 2 is a view in transversesection taken through one of the center bands. Fig. 3 is a view inlongitudinal section taken through one Qt' the end bands adjacent to oneof the ribs. Fig. t is a detail view of a sli ghtl v-modied form ofcenter band.

In the drawings I have exhibited a bolsterframe composed of two sectionsl and 2, having a telescopic connection with each other; but it is to beunderstood that I do not limit myself to this number, as more than twoseetions may be employed. 'Each section comprises aplurality ot'return-bend ribs 3, an end band 4, constituting arib-retainer, and acenter band 5, constituting a combined rib guide and retainer. Each ofthe ribs 3 is made of a piece of wire of suit-able thickness bent uponitself to present a Ushaped structure, the bends of the ribs beingdisposed toward the center of the frame and the ends being secured inthe bands 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The band 4 in this instance isformed by a piece of metal bent longitudinally upon itself to present arecess in which the ends of the ribs are to be housed and is then bentinto circular form, as shown in Fig. 1, the ends of the ribs being heldbetween the members of the band by having the band beaded around them,as shown in Fig. 3,01' by the employment of solder or by beading andsoldering, the object of the beads being to preventlateral shift` ing ofthe ends when once seated between the members of the band. By thismanner of assembling the ribs with the band a rm and stable unionbetween the parts will be effected, and as this mode of procedure is onecommonly employed for assembling metallic parts together, it will beunderstood that by thus securing the ribs in position there will be noadded cost to the device.

Each center band 5 comprises two strips of metal G and 7, as shown inFig. 2, the strip 6 constituting the inner side ot' the band and thestrip 7 the outer side. The strip 6 is provided with transverse flutesor beads 8, in which the members ot' the ribs are designed to work, thestrip 7 serving to hold the rib members in the guides, so that when thetwo sections are assembled to present a band the structure resultingwill constitute a combined rib guide and retainer. In assembling theparts of the center band the ribbed or fluted strip is secured to thestrip 7 by any suitable means, as by soldering or by riveting or in anyother manner. The rib members are then passed through pairs of theguides in alternate order-that is to say, the free ends of onerib-section pointing toward one end of the structure and the ends of thenext ribsection pointing in the opposite direction,

ber desired, the space between each pair of ribs of a section beingabout double that of the space between the rib members themselves, sothatwhen the ribs of the adjacent section arein position the spacesbetween the series of ribs will be practically the same.

In the construction of the bolster-frame its length when the sectionsare telescoped will be equal to that of the width of a single bed andwhen extended to their limit to the width of a double bed, it beingunderstood that the lapped portions-that is, those portions locatedbetween the center bands-are to be of sufficient length to give therequisite rigidity to the structure. f

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modified form of constructionforassemblingtwosections. In this instance there is but one center band5, and the ribs 8 of both sections have a sliding connection with theiiutes of the inner plate 6. It will only be necessary in employing thisform of center band to make it of, say, double or a little more theWidth of the two center bands shown in Fig. l to impart the requisitestrength and rigidity to the structure. Where the parts are assembledunder the construction shown in Fig. 4, the telescopic operation is thesame as that shown in the structure illustrated in Fig. l.

The bolster-frame made in the manner described will, by reason of itscircular luted end and center bands, be of sufficient rigidity toobviate the necessity of stuffing or filling the frame with cotton orthe like, such as is usually done, so that the device will be eX-ceedinglylight, and thus easily handled. By reason of the fact that itis made wholly of metal it will be cleanly and will not be liable toharbor vermin, and being of open-Work structure may, if the necessityarises, be easily and thoroughly cleansed.

The metals used in the construction of the device will be a matter ofchoice, and the particular manner of assembling the parts will be one ofmechanical skill, having for its object simplicity of construction anddurability in use. It will be obvious that the parts may be associatedin other Ways than that described, and for this reason I wish it to be'understood distinctly that I do not limit myself to the features ofassembling of the parts and to the exact manner in which the parts areconstructed as herein set forth.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What I claim is- 1. A sham-bolster frame, comprising opposite telescopicsections, each section having an outer substantially circular band, andsubstantially parallel ribs carried by and projected in the samedirection from the band to form a skeleton substantially cylindricalsection, the inner ends of the sections being overlapped, and aguide-band slidably embracing all of the rods at the overlapped portionsthereof.

2. A sham-bolster frame, comprising opposite telescopic sections, eachsection having an outer substantially circular band, and a plurality ofreturn-bend ribs,which have their opposite ends connected to the bandand projected therefrom in the same direction to form a substantiallycylindrical skeleton section, the outer ends of the sections beingoverlapped, and a band slidably embracing all of the rods at theoverlapped portions of the sections.

3. A sham-bolster frame, comprising opposite telescopic sections, eachof which is substantially cylindrical in shape and formed by separatelongitudinal ribs,and a substantially circular band embracing the outerends thereot', the band being folded longitudinally and embracing theends of the rods, and a substantially circular band slidably embracingthe inner overlapped portions of -the sections.

4. A sham-bolster frame comprising two sections having a telescopicconnection with each other, each section comprising a plurality ofreturn-bend ribs, an end band held against lateral movement by beadingthe metal of the band around the ends of the ribs, and a center bandcomprising an inner and an outer plate, the inner plate being formedwith grooves or beads in which the ribs slide when the sections aretelescoped.

5. A sham-bolster frame comprising two sections having telescopicconnection with each other, each section comprising a plurality ofreturn-bend ribs, and an end band in which the ends of the ribs arehoused and are held against lateral movement by beading the metal of theband around the ends of the ribs, and a center band comprising twopieces of metal the outer one of which is plain, and the inner oneprovided with beads or openings in which the ribs work when the frameistelescoped.

6. A sham-bolster frame, comprising opposite substantially cylindricalskeleton telescoped sections, each section comprising a plurality ofcylindrically-arranged ribs, and

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a band connecting the outer ends of the ribs, the inner ends of thesections being overlapped, and a band slidably embracing all of theoverlapped ribs, and formed by outer and 5 inner band-sections, theinner section being Witnesses:

provided with transverse grooves or beads G. R. GOLDBEOK, slidablyreceiving the respective ribs. i LELIA DALRYMPLE.

